London Meetup Photos

December 8, 2006 8:07 PM

Photos from tonight's London meetup at the Bricklayer's Arms, taken by a variety of participants. It was a fantastic night.
posted by sueinnyc to MetaFilter Gatherings at 8:07 PM (51 comments total)

The photos are in chronological order. There are lots of them, so I'm afraid the thumbnails might take a while to load. Meetup participants were (in alphabetical order) armoured-ant, atrazine, chrismear, davehat, essexjan, hugsnkisses, MrMustard, Optamystic, sueinnyc and TheDonF.
posted by sueinnyc at 8:07 PM on December 8, 2006

fun! I know you and essexjan and hugsandkisses, but who are all those... dudes?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:31 PM on December 8, 2006

Thanks for the shoutout, essexjan!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:31 PM on December 8, 2006 [1 favorite]

fine looking bunch. it's be nice to know who they are.
posted by quonsar at 8:40 PM on December 8, 2006

thanks for the shoutout, essexjan! rock!

armoured-ant is cute
posted by gaspode at 9:05 PM on December 8, 2006

Jeez, those dudes are super hott.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:19 PM on December 8, 2006

I'll be at the next [London] one, it looks like so much fun! If I hadn't already puked in my own pants whilst shitting in some geezers sink I would have been there last night. Fuck... perhaps I was.
posted by econous at 9:53 PM on December 8, 2006

who's that throwing TeH brackets?
posted by bonaldi at 10:06 PM on December 8, 2006

Thanks for the shoutouts, London!!!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:08 PM on December 8, 2006

Thank you, beautiful people. It's nice to be out-shouted.
posted by Eideteker at 10:54 PM on December 8, 2006

That chap with the beard looks just like Paul Kidby's rendering of Lord Vetinari.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 11:22 PM on December 8, 2006

'Twas a fine night. There was tubgirl talk, goatse gossip and even a Wii related accident. Great to meet a few more London MeFites and let's do it all again in the not too distant future. Gutted I had to depart before the Chinese though. Hope it was good.
posted by MrMustard at 11:59 PM on December 8, 2006

I had a great time, apart from the joy of the Tube ride home. I think I was the only person on the train who wasn't drunk. Including the driver.
posted by essexjan at 12:44 AM on December 9, 2006

That was indeed a great night and was also my first tasting of Cherry Beer (thanks hugsnkisses). It's a man's drink and, importantly, each serving contains 1 (one) serving of daily fruit and veg.

Yet again the full experience was stymied by me having to get the last train home. To somewhere that doesn't even have a castle.

I think there were a few people that know people that live down my way. If you're in the vicinity and fancy a micro-meetup then my email's in my profile.

Really looking forward to the next one, which can't come soon enough.
posted by TheDonF at 1:34 AM on December 9, 2006

OMG thanks for my first real callout EVAR!!!
posted by grouse at 1:39 AM on December 9, 2006

I got stuck at work. Bah - looks like another fun night. I will do my best to be there next time...
posted by greycap at 2:41 AM on December 9, 2006

Yay, London! But I'd love to know who everyone is; can someone give us some ID info?

Also where was dodgy geezer? And cillit bang, and the pretty elders of awesome generic?
posted by taz at 2:47 AM on December 9, 2006

cillit bang turned up for a bit and then went off to a gig.

Mmmmkay: first photo facing the camera is sueinnyc, essexjan, atrazine. Next photo is armoured-ant with the black camera and chrismear with the silver one.
Second row first pic has Optamystic standing. Third pic is davehat (thanks for the paper, it was good to read on the way home).
Forth row is hugsnkisses and me.
Fifth row with the red shirt is MrMustard.

greycap - next time phone in sick or something!
posted by TheDonF at 3:05 AM on December 9, 2006

This could be a possible London venue?
posted by econous at 3:08 AM on December 9, 2006

Ack, I'll have to make it to the next one. Curse this damnable cold.
posted by adrianhon at 3:24 AM on December 9, 2006

Sweet, merciful Zeus! I think not econous!
posted by MrMustard at 3:25 AM on December 9, 2006

oh, and thanks for the badges, chrismear. If there's a meetup in January, I'll bring chocolates.
posted by TheDonF at 4:17 AM on December 9, 2006

Sorry I didn't come back. they had 4 support acts and after queuing for coats I didn't get out until like 1am (though they were very good). The mystery guest was a very brief and unenthusiastic I have an album to plug Jarvis Cocker.

pretty elders of awesome generic

He's fallen off the edge of the world. Very sad.
posted by cillit bang at 4:29 AM on December 9, 2006

1am?! London gigs are getting later and later - all well and good if you live there, but a right royal pain in the arse if you don't and have to get a train home.

Hope you got some nice coats...
posted by TheDonF at 4:48 AM on December 9, 2006

thanks for the IDs TheDonF!
posted by taz at 5:23 AM on December 9, 2006

Great night, people. Thanks to davehat and hugsnkisses for sticking around while I figured out how to get home.

I have put a few photos up here.
posted by chrismear at 5:36 AM on December 9, 2006

Jeez, those dudes are super hott.

Seconded. Some dashing fine folk.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:56 AM on December 9, 2006

No probs, taz. chrismear - is the MeFi London Flickr pool still going?
posted by TheDonF at 6:01 AM on December 9, 2006

Good point. Here we go. Post away.
posted by chrismear at 6:36 AM on December 9, 2006

I was actually at that pub earlier on the same day.
posted by slimepuppy at 6:38 AM on December 9, 2006

I knew there was something I was supposed to be doing last night.
posted by flashboy at 7:25 AM on December 9, 2006

Christ, I was smashed by the end of last night. Next time, we're going somewhere where the beer is more than £2 a pint, so I don't wind up consuming my body weight in it.

Also, I look like this? Thanks...

Last time, someone said I looked like Ryan from Scary Go Round.

My head hurts.
posted by armoured-ant at 7:26 AM on December 9, 2006

Is it possible that London mefites are even hotter than Los Angeles mefites?

I demand some sort of show down. Which city reigns supreme?
posted by muddgirl at 8:58 AM on December 9, 2006

Note to self - head to London. : )
posted by SisterHavana at 9:13 AM on December 9, 2006

Jeez, those dudes are super hott.

Disinterested judge here, but what is up with that? Don't the metafilter men generally seem above average in the looks department? Comments, ladies?
posted by StickyCarpet at 9:13 AM on December 9, 2006

God, I'm a jackass.

Nice meeting everyone. Hope you felt better than I did this morning.
posted by Optamystic at 10:07 AM on December 9, 2006

Disinterested judge here, but what is up with that? Don't the metafilter men generally seem above average in the looks department?

Clean living and moisturizer, but only our hairdresser knows for sure.
posted by jonmc at 10:20 AM on December 9, 2006

looks like fun! (davehat, you're in london? email me.)

Don't the metafilter men generally seem above average in the looks department?
it's the photographer, not the men : >
posted by amberglow at 11:37 AM on December 9, 2006

Looks like a cracking good meetup, chaps! Wish I could've been there. I shall return!

But not before armoured-ant embarks on his American tour.
posted by ludwig_van at 12:47 PM on December 9, 2006

First time I've ever seen my handle in a shoutout, essexjan. Nice to be thought about on the other side of the world.
posted by paulsc at 2:43 PM on December 9, 2006

Jeez, those dudes are super hott. - mathowie

Let me be the first to say (and this is absolutely not under instructions) that the girls are also clearly 'super hott'. Roll on the next Mefi London meetup, which I am told may very well happen in early January.
posted by adrianhon at 4:46 PM on December 9, 2006

Sorry I couldn't make it, folks - I was up working through the night :(

Will definitely make the next one, would be great to meet you all
posted by blag at 9:32 AM on December 10, 2006

Excellently drunken.
posted by hugsnkisses at 9:55 AM on December 10, 2006

Now or then?
posted by MrMustard at 11:42 AM on December 10, 2006

First time I've ever seen my handle in a shoutout, essexjan.

uh-huh
posted by grouse at 1:09 PM on December 10, 2006

Did you get that nifty placard done at a Kinko's or some such? Looks like a meet is happening in the DC area soon, and one of those little fellas would be quite handy. Details if you please, thanks!
posted by nj_subgenius at 2:29 PM on December 10, 2006

I fashioned that with my very own Mac, during a particularly quiet lunchtime on Friday. I believe I have the Illustrator file saved somewhere, and shall post it to the front of MeTa tomorrow.

The complete product was colour lasered onto A4 glossy white. A similarly sized sheet of white foamboard was scored lengthways down the middle of one side, then folded to about 35°. The printout was then spraymounted and adhered to the outer of the placard. For convenient storage during transport, the Placard could be opened out - flattened - with the excess printout creased neatly in the scored gap.

Not that I thought about it, or anything.
posted by armoured-ant at 3:51 PM on December 10, 2006

Very nice of you armoured-ant, many thanks :-)
posted by nj_subgenius at 4:00 PM on December 10, 2006

Don't forget to let chrismear steal it at the end of the night. That bit's crucial.
posted by chrismear at 12:44 AM on December 11, 2006

Sign also good for attracting attention of the next-door table who will proceed to ask many questions about who we are, what we're doing, what the site is, how it works etc. One person on said table had a little box-thing with wires coming out of it clipped to the back of her trousers. No-one dared ask what it was, but there was an android theory floated about.

armoured-ant - are any of your photos going to make it online?
posted by TheDonF at 1:47 AM on December 11, 2006

Funny you should ask.
posted by armoured-ant at 3:54 AM on December 11, 2006